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THE COUNTY JAIL.
CHRISTINA, FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED
THERE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
>> SINCE APRIL, THREE INMATES
AND A NEWBORN BABY HAVE ALL DIED
AT THE JAIL UNDER DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
ONE OF THE DEATHS WAS RULED A
HOMICIDE.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR
SUPREME MOORE OMOKUNDE IS
CALLING ON SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE
TO STEP ASIDE.
>> I AM CALLING FOR THE
RESIGNATION OF SHERIFF DAV
CLARKE JR., WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR OPERATIONS OF THE MILWAUKEE
COUNTY JAIL, WHERE FOUR PEOPLE
HAVE DIED IN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD.
>> OMOKUNDE SAYS HE AND THE
COUNTY BOARD HAVE REPEATEDLY
ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION INTO
THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THESE
DEATHS, BUT HAS RECEIVED NO
ANSWERS.
>> HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN
CREATING A PUBLIC PERSONA FOR
HIMSELF, TRAVELLING AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
>> 38-YEAR-OLD TERRILL THOMAS
DIED OF DEHYDRATION IN THE JAIL
LATE THIS SPRING.
THOMAS WAS ACCUSED OF OPENING
FIRE AT POTAWATOMI CASINO.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICER
DETERMINED HIS DEATH WAS A
HOMICIDE.
OVER THE SUMMER AND FALL TWO
MORE INMATES DIED AND ONE GAVE
BIRTH TO A STILLBORN BABY.
12 NEWS REACHED OUT TO SHERIFF
CLARKE.
HE REPLIED, "
SUPERVISOR WHO?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME CHARACTER
IN A SCIENCE FICTION COMIC BOOK
AND HE'S UPSET THAT I HELPED
DONALD J. TRUMP GET ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."
SUPERVISOR OMOKUNDE INSISTS THIS
IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS.
>> I WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM
PERSONALITIES AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
THIS IS ABOUT DOING ONE'S JOB,
AND I'M ASKING SHERIFF CLARKE TO
DO HIS JOB.
THE COUNTY BOARD
ONCE AN